Sandra is designed to test the theoretical
power of a complete system and individual components. The numbers
taken though are again, purely theoretical and may not represent real world
performance. Higher numbers represent better performance.

SiSoft Sandra 2003 Benchmark
Results

Memory Benchmark
(FSB/Memory)

AMD/ALU

1.

Integer ALU - 2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (200/400
MHz)

3015 MB/s

2.

Integer ALU - 2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (223/446
MHz)

3456 MB/s

Intel/ALU

4.

Integer ALU - 2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (200/400
MHz)

4858 MB/s

5.

Integer ALU - 2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (258/516
MHz)

5676 MB/s

AMD/FPU

1.

Float FPU - 2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (200/400
MHz)

2741 MB/s

2.

Float FPU - 2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (223/446
MHz)

3198 MB/s

Intel/ALU

4.

Integer ALU - 2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (200/400
MHz)

5606 MB/s

5.

Integer ALU - 2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (258/516
MHz)

5650 MB/s

In SiSoft Sandra we see that bandwidth increases
nicely when both Intel and AMD systems are overclocked.

PCMark can be used on desktop PC's, Laptops and
even Workstations and tests everyday computing from home to office usage. PCMark
specifically stresses the CPU, memory subsystem, graphics subsystem, hard
drives, WindowsXP GUI (if WinXP is used), video performance and even laptop
batteries.

PCMark2002
Benchmark Results

AMD Memory
(FSB/Memory)

Score

Ranking

1

2x 512MB Corsair TwinX
4000 (200/400 MHz)

6338

2.

2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (223/446 MHz)

7015

Intel Memory (FSB/Memory)

1.

2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (200/400 MHz)

9751

2.

2x 512MB Corsair TwinX 4000 (258/516 MHz)

10375

It seems
like the AMD system benefits more from the increased bandwidth than the Pentium
4. Let's see how this translate into real world numbers.